Nuclear may refer to:
- Nuclear DNA
In physics:
- Nuclear engineering
- Nuclear physics
- Nuclear power
- Nuclear reactor technology
- Nuclear weapon
In mathematics:
- Nuclear space
- Nuclear operator
- Nuclear congruence
- Nuclear C*-algebra
Famous quotes containing the word nuclear:
“Could it not be that just at the moment masculinity has brought us to the brink of nuclear destruction or ecological suicide, women are beginning to rise in response to the Mother’s call to save her planet and create instead the next stage of evolution? Can our revolution mean anything else than the reversion of social and economic control to Her representatives among Womankind, and the resumption of Her worship on the face of the Earth? Do we dare demand less?”
—Jane Alpert (b. 1947)
“We now recognize that abuse and neglect may be as frequent in nuclear families as love, protection, and commitment are in nonnuclear families.”
—David Elkind (20th century)
“American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be technicians rather than connoisseurs. The old German style of universal scholarship has gone.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)